The boy, who was hospitalized in good condition, is a student at the high school. The shooting happened about 3:20 p.m. in the 5900 block of North California Avenue during school dismissal. No one is in custody.
If, as expected, the full City Council approves the switch to “skill-based hiring,” Chicago would join the cities of New York, Philadelphia and Minneapolis-St. Paul, in “tearing the paper ceiling” that requires college degrees for most city jobs, an advocate of the proposal said.
Lilliam Rodriguez, who lived next door to Jayden and his mother, Laterria Smith, was the first person at the crime scene on March 13, 2024.
